Undergarment.



R. M. SIDEY.

UNDERGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29, 196B.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

RosE M. sIDE'Y, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

UNDERGARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

Application filed September 29, 1908. Serial No. 455,260.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Rose M. SIDEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los vAngeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Undergarments,of which the following is a specification.

My invention has'reference to a novel construction of undergarmentsadapted to be worn exclusively by women and more particularly knowntothe trade as tubular knitted garments, and an important object thereofis the formation of two separate and distinct undergarments intended fordifferent uses into a single unitary structure, that can be readily puton or removed, and which when in place on the wearers body will fitneatly and smoothly and offer no interference to the fit of the wearerscostume or gown.

Heretofore single undergarments of the above recited class have beenformed into combination garments which have usually consisted of anundervest and drawers, the drawers sometimes being cut wide and full atthe bottom so as to subserve the purposes or functions of a shortunderskirt.

In my improved garment I have retained the novel and useful features ofthe abovementioned garment and in addition thereto I have formedintegrally therewith a garment known as a corset cover,- or protectordesigned not only for use with a combination garment or union suit, butequally useful when applied to an undervest or the like which isdesigned to protect the upper portion of the body.

My. improvedgarment embodies several distinct and ,useful functions orobjects, among the most important being :First,- the protection of thecorset from wear or soil. Second :the elimination of the lines of thecorset visible when wearing a close fittin costume, such as sheath gownsand the li e. Third,it answers all the useful purposes of a separatecorset cover without the inconveniences of wearing separate shoulderstraps which are liable to slip over the shoulders and onto the wearersarms. Fourth,it provides a means whereby thin open-work costumes such assummer gowns, kimonas or the like, may be worn without the necessity ofwearing additional corset covers or undervests.

. A further object is to provide a garment that is light in weight,easily laundered and inexpensive in manufacture.

I accomplish the above recited objects by means of the garment describedherein and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in Which:--

Figure 1, is a view of a union undergarment with. my improved coverattached thereto, illustrating the method of attachment. Fig. 2,is aview of my cover attached to an undervest. Fig. 3, is a detailedsectional view of a portion of an undervest showing my improved garmentformed integrally therewith.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, and to Fig. 1especially, 5 designates a tubular-knitted union undergarment, whichconsists of an upper portion or undervest. 6 provided with shoulderstraps 7, and a lower portion or drawers 8. Preferably formed integrallytherewith, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, is a corset cover 9which extends from the upperportion 10 of the garment downwardly toabout the waist line 11, where it can be secured in any suitable manner,but preferably as illustrated by means of a draw string or tape 12. Thecorset cover 9 when formed of tubular knitted material as illustrated isformed integrally at the top or neck ortion of the undergarment, beingfree at alfother points of con tact therewith, thus enabling a wearer ofthe garment to tightly stretch the cover over the corset 13 as shown inthe drawing.

When the undcrgarmenh is fashioned ol material other than abovedescribed, such as nainsook, or other sheer fabrics, it may be securedto the neck portion of the garment by sewing or any other desirablemanner. When fashioned ol' the abovemcntioncd materials which havepractically no clasticity to them, it may be found desirable to shapethem by means of "darts and the like so the cover will fit snugly andsmoothly over the corset.

It will be observed from a reference to the drawings that when thegarment is in place on a wearer that it will fit smoothly over thecorset without any fullness at the waist line or hips, thus insuring aperfect fit of the wearers costume and at the same time effectuallyeliminating, visually or otherwise, all lines of the corset.

It will also be noted that by the integral formation of the corset coverwith garments such as undervests, union suits or chemises, that I amenabled to dispense with the extra shoulder straps that would berequired if the garments were detached and worn separately andindependently of each other. When wearing these garments separately theplurality of shoulder straps has often been a fruitful source ofannoyance by reason of the constant slippage from the shoulders.

hen it is desired to fdon the garment, the suit or vest as the case maybe, is drawn onto the body, the corset cover being rolled or drawnupwardly from the waist line so that the corset may be secured in place,after 1 which the cover is pulled downwardly to-the waist line where itis secured by means of the draw string 12.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that I have produceda novel combmation undergarment that will be found to be exceedinglyuseful in eliminating all unsightly fullness in close fitting gowns.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is As a new article of manufacture, an under garment,comprising a body portion, an auxiliary tubular portion secured to theupper or neck portion of the body portion and extending downwardlytherefrom and terminating at the waist of the body portion, and a drawstring secured to the lower edge of the auxiliary garment to retain itin position while the garment is in use.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my namethis 21st day of September, 1908.

ROSE M. SIDEY.

Witnesses:

EDMUND A. STRAUSE, ()L IE PALMER.

